Abstract
Prostaglandin metabolism during cell aggregation period was studied in the regenerating tail of the house lizard. On the basis of scanning electron microscopy it was observed that similar kinds of cells in the blastema aggregate to form promuscie aggregate and procartilage aggregate on the 13th day of tail regeneration. In order to understand the prostaglandin metabolism the following parameters were analysed. Fatty acid composition of phospholipids and free fatty acids analysed by gas chromatography. The activity of two rate limiting enzymes-phosholipase A and C, and the activity of the enzymes which are responsible for the oxygenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids-lipoxygenase and cycloxygenase were also estimated. The characterization of the endogenous prostaglandins were carried out by high performance liquid chromatography. On the basis of the above investigations, we observed an increase in phospholipase C activity and resultant increase in free arachidonic acid level. High activity of cycloxygenase and presence of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) were also observed PGE2 was reported to stimulate cAMP production and resultant cell differentiation. These observations suggest the involvement of prostaglandin metabolism during cell aggregation period in the regenerating blastema and resultant cytodifferentiation of blastemal cells.
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